[OS X TeX] Functionality for collaborative work

Gerben Wierda Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl
Wed May 25 14:15:02 EDT 2005


For a frontend to support this, it would need an extended document/ 
file structure (e.g. wrapper) which would have to keep track of  
changes instead of writing just a situation. Som sort of support for  
compiling that into output a la Word with visible document history  
would then be possible in principle but it would also need some TeX  
macro support.

Looks like a nice project for Jérôme and iTeXMac

G

On 25 May 2005, at 16:01, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was just asked by a colleague -- TeXShop convert from a few  
> months ago -- whether there is in TeXShop a functionality for  
> marking changes in a document written collaboratively by several  
> persons, à la Word, namely by (assuming I understood correctly,  
> given I don't use Word myself for writing):
>
> - Putting in different colors pieces of text written or modified by  
> different persons.
>
> - Putting delete bars through deleted text.
>
> I imagine this is not a job for a front-end like TeXShop, and that  
> the functionality has instead to be looked for in a dedicated LaTeX  
> package. I mentioned the changebar package, but it doesn't do all  
> the things my colleague is willing to do.
>
> Has anybody here experience with a more sophisticated solution?  
> (Versioning systems like CVS or subversion aside, which would be  
> considered overkill and too technical for the problem at hand --  
> and for me as well.)
>
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